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| Metric | Alia: Email & SMS Popups | Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS |
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| Rating | 4.6 ★ | ★ 4.7 ★ |
| Total reviews | 114 | ★ 3.2k |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free trial available | Free to install |
| Built for Shopify | ★ Yes | — |
| Pricing tiers | ★ 4 tiers | 3 tiers |
| Listed features | 5 | 5 |
| Featured placements | — | 3 |
| Review velocity (30d) | 0 new | — |
| Languages | 1 supported | 1 supported |
| Listed since | Apr 2023 | Mar 2014 |
Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS edges out Alia: Email & SMS Popups on rating (4.7★ vs 4.6★), but the gap is small enough that pricing fit and feature differentiation should drive the decision more than the headline number.
Pricing entry tiers: Alia: Email & SMS Popups at Free trial available, Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS at Free to install. Check each app's tier structure for the capacity limits you actually need before deciding — the headline number is the same shape, but the gating shape per tier (seats, usage volume, integrations) varies.
Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS has the larger user base (3,181 reviews vs 114), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. Alia: Email & SMS Popups's smaller cohort can be an advantage for niche workflows where the bigger app has accumulated bloat.
Recommended by size: small/early-stage merchants who need fast install and low risk should default to Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS; mid-market and enterprise merchants with specific feature requirements should evaluate both — Alia: Email & SMS Popups's 114-review base may include the workflow context that matches your specific use case better than Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS's broader-but-shallower coverage.
This verdict is generated from the live marketplace data on this page — rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position all refresh from the canonical Shopify App Store listing every 24 hours. AppRanks does not accept payment to influence comparison outcomes; the methodology is documented on the About page and applies identically to every pair on the site.
Read each app's audit: Alia: Email & SMS Popups audit • Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS audit
| Keyword | Alia | Omnisend |
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| sms and email cart recovery | #4 | #2 |
| email and sms | #5 | #2 |
| email and sms popups | #22 | #9 |
| email and sms marketing integration | #10 | #2 |
| pop-ups | #61 | #8 |
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| Signal | Alia | Omnisend |
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| Average rating | 4.6 ★ (114) | 4.7 ★ (3.2k) |
| Rating distribution | 597% 40% 30% 21% 12% | 5— 4— 3— 2— 1— |
| Reviews · last 7 days | +0 | — |
| Reviews · last 30 days | +0 | — |
| Reviews · last 90 days | +0 | — |
Both Alia: Email & SMS Popups and Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS offer paid plans only. Alia: Email & SMS Popups starts at Free trial available; Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS starts at Free to install. Compare the per-tier features in the Pricing section above before committing.
Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS has the higher average rating (4.7★ from 3,181 reviews) compared to Alia: Email & SMS Popups (4.6★ from 114 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.
Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS holds the higher average rating (4.7★ vs 4.6★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.
Both apps are one-click installs from the Shopify App Store. Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS has the deeper published review base (3,181 vs 114), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.
Alia: Email & SMS Popups typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (114 reviews). Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (3,181 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.
We love Alia! We use it on all of our sites!!!
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Great support, great onboarding, their one on one support increased our CVR by 30%+. 10/10 experience.
Not worth of 400$, super hard to set up, can't translate many things, avoid
We work with a lot of merchants, and the team at Alia is easily one of the best. They’ve been incredibly easy to work with, reliable, and quick to respond, especially during Q4 and our busiest days of the year. They’re proactive, excellent communicators, and always follow through on what they commit to. Since switching
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Migration support varies by app and category. Alia: Email & SMS Popups and Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Alia: Email & SMS Popups" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.